#automatistes

[assurancechomage]

Paul-Émile Borduas, Symphonie en damier blanc, 1957

[feedmeteaandoranges]

1978, Marcel Barbeau, Place des Arts, Performance with Toronto Dance Theather

[sophieannebelisle-blog]

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you The Black Star! #blackstar #borduas #etoilenoire #arthistory #refusglobal #automatistes #abstractart #abstractpainting #quebecartist #artistesquebecois #oilpainting #starwars #starwarsmemes #nerd #quebec @mbamtl (at Montreal, Quebec)

[doha-doha]

“سَنواصل بِفرح حاجتنا الوحشية للتحرّر.”

Paul-Émile Borduas

[surrealistnyc]

A rare set of interviews with Canadian Surrealist artists on the Pacific Coast and an overview of the history of surrealism across Canada. Gregg Simpson has compiled a detailed history at The West Coast Surrealist Group: A Chronology 1965-2014.

[alteringminds-blog]

automatistes said: This is what makes you an artist. I am the same exact way. Once you lose expectations you gain a real sense of accomplishment.

i just read this now.. thank you for this, it spoke to me for some reason. your page is excellent by the way!

[mydriase]

Coupons largement les branches mortes du pommier, coupons aussi largement les branches du milieu, que le soleil, la chaleur puissent pénétrer au coeur de l'arbre. Soyons ardents, attentifs, peut-être les fruits seront-ils plus parfaits.

Paul-Émile Borduas, Le surréalisme et nous

[ilnestjamaistroptard-blog]

Quoting Leonardo da Vinci, who had told his students to study and copy patterns formed by the cracks and spots on an old wall in order to find new subject matter, Breton advised surrealist painters to do the same.

"Paul-Emile Borduas and the Automatistes," The Visual Arts in Canada: The Twentieth Century. Edited by Anne Whitelaw, Brian Foss and Sandra Paikowsky